The name of God is YAHVEH (Gen 2:4, Yahweh Elohim=the Lord God). That is his personal name. All other references to God refer to his titles. The word Adonai means master or lord. This is one of his titles, not his personal name. He is called Elohenu, meaning God. That is, again, another title, not his personal name. It does not fully describe his true nature.
Some of the other names for Heavenly Father: El Shaddai (God Almighty, supplier of our needs), Yahveh Sholom ( God of peace), and God, our provider (Jahweh Jireh), among many others.
The proper transliteration is YAHVEH, because there is no “W” in Hebrew linguistics, so the sound of “W” is morphed into a “V”.
Yahweh is used wherever the Bible stresses God’s personal relationship with his people and the ethical aspect of his nature. Elohim, on the other hand, refers to God as the Creator of the whole universe of people and things, and especially of the material world: he was the ruler of nature, the source of all life. This variation of divine names can be seen most dramatically in texts like Psalm 19. In this psalm Elohim is used in the first part, which describes God’s work in creation and his relationship to the material world. But in the middle of the psalm the psalmist switches to the topic of the law of the LORD and the relationship the LORD has with those who know him; there the name Yahweh appears.
A further complication occurs because Exodus 6:3 notes that God says, “I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by my name the LORD I did not make myself known to them.” The resolution to this apparent contradiction to some 150 uses of the name Yahweh during the patriarchal period is to be found in a technical point of Hebrew grammar, known as beth essentiae, in the phrase “by my name.” This phrase meant that while Abraham, Isaac and Jacob heard and used the name Yahweh, it was only in Moses’ day that the realization of the character, nature and essence of what that name meant became clear. “By the name” is better translated “in the character [or nature] of Yahweh [was I not known].”
Thus the name Yahwoh is used when the Bible wishes to present the personal character of God and his direct relationship with those human beings who have a special association with him. Contrariwise, Elohim occurs when the Scriptures are referring to God as a transcendent Being who is the author of the material world, yet One who stands above it. Elohim conveys the more philosophically oriented concept that connects deity with the existence of the world and humanity. But for those who seek the more direct, personal and ethically oriented view of God, the term Yahweh was more appropriate.
Heavenly Father tells us in the Hebrew bible about himself. Yahveh is the transliteration of the Tetragrammaton, the Hebrew characters that make up his personal, sacred name. He wants us to know who he is as a person – and that will lead us to the realization of what we must become to be like him. We need to know and understand his personal name: YAHVEH (a breathy sound). He gives us the information in many scriptural accounts, including these:
YAHVEH is (savlanoo) patient, (leesbol) suffering, slow to anger (Nahum 1:3, Neh 9:17)
YAHVEH (ma kodosh),our sanctifier. He sets us apart,makes us clean(Lev20:7,8)
YAHVEH is (rahoom) compassionate, full of (rakham) mercy, (emet) truth, (tsedek), righteousness (Psalms 85:10, 92:2-3
YAHVEH is (khesed) or (chanun) full of graciousness (John 1:14)
YAHVEH is the (gefen) wine of (khai) life. (John 15:1)
YAHVEH is (neetskhee) one eternal god, unlimited in power, (ahavot) love (lma 11:44)
Yeshua – Jesus Christ – is YAHVEH incarnate in the flesh. (D&C 93:11)
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